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Predicted #TransitOfVenus (as viewed from UK) phases superimposed upon a solar magnetogram. #BBCStargazing #Astronomy twitter.com/michealjrobert… about 1 hour ago via web
The #TransitOfVenus across the Sun will allow for the measurement of its apparent diameter and comparison with its known diameter. about 1 hour ago via web
@JohnDavid_1 I mention it briefly in a piece on ULAS J112001.48+064124.3 [wp.me/p19dZk-qi]. But I might write something on it soon! :) about 1 hour ago via web in reply to JohnDavid_1
Next #TransitOfVenus will begin at 23:09 BST on Tuesday finishing at 05:59 BST Wednesday morning. #BBCStargazing #Astronomy about 2 hours ago via web
Really looking forward to June: starting off with #TransitOfVenus, #FashionLab Show, then it's @skinnygenestee's Birthday + #HydeParkHotel!! about 12 hours ago via Twitter for Android
The Discovery Of UDFy-38135539: Z ~ 8 In The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field: [wp.me/p19dZk-fH] #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Cosmology about 20 hours ago via Tweet Button
@PenguinGalaxy @latentexistence @Double_Karma I would join in but I fear my puns aren't as TASTY as they used to be. (See what I mean?) ;) about 23 hours ago via web in reply to PenguinGalaxy
StephenAtHome It's hot out there. Time to use the old A.C. A.C. is the name of my servant who I pay to bite an ice cube and blow a cold air on me. about 23 hours ago via SocialOomph Retweeted by michealjroberts and 1654 others
@antisophista 0? 8:46 AM May 30th via web in reply to antisophista
@livingarchitect It's used in astronomy too, to refer to a really old crater impact site where there is v.little erosion (e.g. a Moon). 8:46 AM May 30th via web
@livingarchitect I haven't heard the word Palimpsest in ages! :D 8:33 AM May 30th via web in reply to livingarchitect
ARRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I've booked the hotel. I hope the pictures reflect the actual hotel! #NotPrinceWilliamThankGod 8:26 AM May 30th via web
When you got yourself a Cherry, life is far from ordinary. #Poetry 7:32 AM May 30th via web
The SLOOH SpaceCamera view of the Moon+Saturn+Spica Star in the same frame T-Minus *ONE DAY*: [events.slooh.com] #Astronomy #Space 7:31 AM May 30th via web
SN2012ck (PSN J191927+44145) ATel #4120 [alturl.com/yhzsg] discovered 2012/05/19 by Lick Observatory. [astro.berkeley.edu/~cenko/public/…] #Astronomy 6:53 AM May 30th via web
ATel #4120: KAIT Discovery of a Possible Supernova in the Kepler Field: [astronomerstelegram.org/?read=4120] #Astronomy #Supernova 6:51 AM May 30th via Tweet Button
@RichardCamuccio Oh crikey. Where do I begin? Cataclysmic variable stars, variable stars, binary systems, pulsars...my interest is endless! 3:03 PM May 29th via web in reply to RichardCamuccio
AstroAdamH Want to see how your tax money is spent, try out the new HMRC tax calculator and click on 'detailed breakdown' bit.ly/KPGGOL #fb 2:29 PM May 29th via Twitter for Mac Retweeted by michealjroberts
RT @PencilBloke On this day in 1919 Arthur Eddington photographed a solar eclipse to test some new-fangled "general theory of relativity". 2:29 PM May 29th via web
The Binary Radio Pulsar PSR J1614-2230: [wp.me/p19dZk-n9] #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysik 3:04 AM May 29th via Tweet Button

Name Michael Roberts FRAS
Location Warwick, United Kingdom
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Bio @WarwickUni graduate/Rookie #astronomer/STEM Ambassador/AMInstP/MSc Astrophysics @JodrellBank for 2012/Amateur Astrophysicist.